Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma in an Eight Year old - A Case Report
Published: December 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5267
Geetha Vasudevan, Bhavna Nayal, Bhawna Nagel, Lakshmi Rao
1. Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Karnataka, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Karnataka, India.
3. Junior Resident, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Karnataka, India.
4. Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Bhavna Nayal,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology,
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Karnataka – 576014, India.
Phone : 09900411064, E-mail : bhavnayal17@gmail.com
Hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma (HEHE) is a rare vascular tumour of endothelial origin. The etiology of this tumour is unknown and has a variable clinical outcome. It usually affects adults and is extremely rare in children. Histologically, HEHE is characterized by epithelioid to dendritic tumour cells with intracytoplasmic lumina containing RBCs and a myxoid to sclerotic stroma. Being a rare entity, awareness and a high degree of suspicion is required to correctly identify this tumour. We report a case of hepatic hemangioendothelioma in an 8-year-old child.
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